Joan m lexau biography

Joan Lexau is the.
Joan M. Lexau, age 93, of St. Paul, Minnesota, died peacefully on January 9, 2023.
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Joan Lexau

Joan M. Lexau, age 93, of St. Paul, Minnesota, died peacefully on January 9, 2023. She was preceded in death by her mother, Anne M. Lexau, father, Ola Lexau Nodset, brother, Henry Lexau (Eileen), and nephew, John Lexau. She will be held in loving memory by her nieces and nephews, Catherine Lexau (David Hest), Margaret Lexau (Joel Alter), Daniel Lexau, Elizabeth Lexau (Craig Shanks) and Benjamin Lexau (Jennifer Torinus); by her great-nieces and -nephews Kevin, Anne, and Mary Alter; Henry, Kenna and Ruby Lexau; Robert Hest (Emily Houser); Lucia and Laurel Shanks; by cousins from Marshall, MN, Villa Hills, KY, and Norway; and by her neighbors and friends in St. Paul, MN, and Otisville, NY.

Joan was a celebrated children's author, publishing over fifty books. She was born March 9, 1929, in St. Paul, MN, where she lived with her mother and brother, who shared her love of books. She moved to New York City as a young woman to start a career in publishing, where she worked for Harper & Row and other publishers.

After her first book, Olaf Reads, was published in 1961, s

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Books by Joan M. Lexau

Striped Ice Cream
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4.27 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions

Crocodile and Hen: A Bakongo Folktale (I Can Read Level 1)
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3.76 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1969 — 10 editions

Don't Be My Valentine: A Classroom Mystery (An I Can Read Book)
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3.30 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions

That's Good, That's Bad
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4.23 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1963 — 11 editions

The Trouble with Terry
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3.97 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1962 — 10 editions

Strawberry Shortcake and Sad Mister Sun
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3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions

The Christmas Secret
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4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1960 — 9 editions

I Should Have Stayed in Bed!
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3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1965 — 3 editions

Olaf Reads
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3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1961 —

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About the Author

Includes the names: lexaujm, Joan Lexau, Joan Lexau, Joan Nodset, Joan M. Lexau, Lexau M. Joan, Joan L. Nodset, Joan L. Nodset, Joan Nodset Lexau, Jaon M. Lexau Joan M. Lexau, Joan Lexau, Illustrated By Don Bolognese, Joan M.; illustrated by Kathy Wilburn Lexau

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Works by Joan M. Lexau

Benjie(1964)36 copies, 1 review

Me Day(1971)11 copies, 2 reviews

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Other names: Nodset, Joan L. (pseudonym)
Birthdate: 1929-03-09
Date of death: 2023-01-09
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Places of residence: Otisville, New York, USA
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
New York City, New York, USA

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